Barron Falls

Tired of walking around to look for yet another waterfall? Well I usually feel exactly the same way and don't visit all the waterfalls I can find on my travels. However going to the Barron Falls Lookout near Kuranda especially in rainy season is just a spectacular thing to do. The Barron Falls is where the Barron River makes its descent from the Atherton Tablelands to the Cairns coastal plain, in Queensland, Australia. Protected within the Barron Gorge National Park, the volume of water seen in the upper photo only happens after substantial rainfall during the wet season. For much of the rest of the year little more than a trickle is evident, due in part to the presence of a weir behind the head of the falls that exists to supply the Barron Gorge Hydroelectric Power Station located downstream in the gorge proper.